Duke Energy Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:DUK)

Duke Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DUK."

Duke Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.945 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $3.78 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. View Duke Energy's Dividend History.

Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November, 8th. The utilities provider reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.69 by $0.10. The utilities provider earned $6.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.24 billion. Duke Energy had a net margin of 14.10% and a return on equity of 8.24%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.65 EPS. View Duke Energy's Earnings History.

Duke Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Duke Energy.

Duke Energy updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, November, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.95-5.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.96.

9 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Duke Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $88.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect Duke Energy's stock price to reach $94.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Duke Energy.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Duke Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 8 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Duke Energy.

Media stories about DUK stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Duke Energy earned a news sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Duke Energy.

Duke Energy saw a drop in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,080,000 shares, a drop of 6.1% from the September 30th total of 10,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,710,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Duke Energy's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Duke Energy include NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Duke Energy investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), Altria Group (MO), Pfizer (PFE), Dominion Energy (D), General Electric (GE) and Southern (SO).

Duke Energy's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.93%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.80%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.43%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.21%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.19%) and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (0.18%). Company insiders that own Duke Energy stock include Dhiaa M Jamil, Douglas F Esamann, Dwight L Jacobs, E Marie Mckee, Lloyd M Yates, Lynn J Good, Melissa H Anderson and Steven K Young. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Duke Energy.

DUK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sabal Trust CO, Mondrian Investment Partners LTD, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Russell Investments Group Ltd., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Unigestion Holding SA and OLD Republic International Corp. Company insiders that have sold Duke Energy company stock in the last year include Dhiaa M Jamil, Douglas F Esamann, Dwight L Jacobs, E Marie Mckee, Lloyd M Yates, Lynn J Good, Melissa H Anderson and Steven K Young. View Insider Buying and Selling for Duke Energy.

DUK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, California Public Employees Retirement System, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Payden & Rygel, First Trust Advisors LP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Crow Point Partners LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Duke Energy.

Shares of DUK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DUK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.58.

Duke Energy has a market capitalization of $64.58 billion and generates $24.52 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $2.67 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.72 on an earnings per share basis. Duke Energy employs 30,083 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Duke Energy.

The official website for Duke Energy is http://www.duke-energy.com/.

Duke Energy's mailing address is 550 SOUTH TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC, 28202. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 704-382-3853 or via email at [email protected]